Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio is congratulated by Ohio State coach Urban Meyer following the Big Ten championship game on Dec. 7 in Indianapolis. / AJ Mast/Associated Press

Detroit Free Press Sports Writer

“It just wasn’t the fit for me,” Noah Listermann said of Ohio State, the team he grew up supporting and the program that recently offered him a scholarship, and he determined over the weekend that the fit was Michigan State.

The Cincinnati Winton Woods offensive tackle gave an interesting main reason for that.

“I knew I would be taken care of there, meaning it would be hard,” Listermann said on “The Drive with Jack” on WVFN-AM (730) in Lansing. “I’d be coached the way I like to be coached. It’s gonna be a grind.”

In the weight room, for instance, under the watch of famously fiery MSU strength coach Ken Mannie.

“He’s really, really, really intense,” Listermann said of Mannie on the show. “And that’s what I like. I need someone to get in my face and scream at me and push me to be the best I can be.”

The 6-foot-7, 293-pound Listermann, a three-star prospect who also had a Wisconsin offer among others, is MSU’s fourth full-fledged commitment for the class of 2015, joining offensive guard Kyonta Stallworth (Detroit King), defensive back Tyson Smith (Orchard Lake St. Mary’s) and quarterback Brian Lewerke (Phoenix Pinnacle).

Detroit Cass Tech quarterback Jayru Campbell committed to MSU in August, but all signs point to Campbell and MSU going separate ways after his recent legal troubles. Coaches can’t comment on unsigned recruits, and Campbell has not confirmed a change in his status, but he has not been spotted at MSU in months and recruiting sites no longer list him as an MSU commitment.

As for Listermann, he said he intends to redshirt as a freshman and intends to major in kinesiology and work as a physical therapist some day. And, yes, he said, he heard the Ohio State talk but became the rare Ohio kid who turned down an OSU offer.

“Being from Ohio, a lot of people are ‘Ohio State, Ohio State, Ohio State!’ ” Listermann said on “The Drive with Jack.” “The people at Ohio State, they’re very good people, I got to know them very well. It just wasn’t the fit for me.”